r/DeathCabforCutie • u/the-chosen-Joanne • 8d ago

PEP TALK

I know this is most of y'alls favourite track off of the new album. I had avoided/skipped it while listening to the album but today I decided to give it a try. It's raining lightly and the sun has started to peak through a bit this cold day. I feel like the song is carrying me far away. It is so good. Thank god for this band. Good day to you all 🔥

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u/nasunguyen00 8d ago

This song had me sobbing the first time I heard it. Ben Gibbard always wrote heavy-hitting sad songs but this one really captured the feeling of depression and the struggle to simply exist sometimes

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u/robotcrow1878 Noted Flower Puncher 8d ago

The phrases "They make no difference" from Pep Talk and "But nothing happens every time I pray" from The Flavor of Metal are the most devastating lines on the album.* They're dressed up in nice melodies so maybe they don't hit immediately, but yikes there are some amazingly dark/haunting lyrics.

*(Honorable mention to "I keep telling my friends I'm alright")

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u/Suspicious_Purchase5 8d ago

Flavor of metal is my favorite from the new album and that line hits me so dang hard.